Multiculturalism and Secularism Can multicultural inclusivity extend to religious minorities? Can it do so without conflicting with secularism? Tariq Modood is professor of sociology, politics and public policy at Bristol University.Author(s): No creator set

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Ontario's Place in the 21st Century He led his party to a second-consecutive majority government in October 2007 and is Ontario's 24th Premier. He was first elected to the Ontario legislature in 1990 in Ottawa South and has been re-elected four times. During his years as a backbench MPP, he served as a critic for energy, colleges and universities, native affairs and the environment. In 1996, Dalton McGuinty was elected leader of the Ontario Liberal Party. His first election campaign as leader was in 1999, when the Liberal party reAuthor(s): No creator set

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A Critical Defense of Secularism The global revival of religion has raised fundamental questions about its role in politics and its claim that it serves as a principle of identity, indispensable to the continuing survival of communities. This series brings together leading thinkers and scholars to encourage discussion and debate on this crucial contemporary theme. Cécile Laborde, reader in political theory, School of Public Policy, University College London.Author(s): No creator set

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China After the Olympics Whether we think sport and politics should or should not be mixed, it is clear that in the case of the Beijing Olympics the two have never been more closely intertwined. But how has the Olympics impacted on China? Has it improved or worsened China's image in the world? And how will it effect its future relations with the West? Jonathan Fenby is a British journalist, and was editor of The Observer newspaper from 1993-1995. He wrote The Penguin History of Modern China 1850-2008, which was publisheAuthor(s): No creator set

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LSE Literary Weekend - The Financial Crisis, Climate Change and Energy Political action and intervention, on local, national and international levels, is going to have a decisive effect on whether or not we can limit global warming, as well as how we adapt to that already occurring. At the moment, however, Anthony Giddens argues controversially, we do not have a systematic politics of climate change.Author(s): No creator set

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LSE Literary Weekend - I Shall Die by Inches: Contemporary Approaches to Death and Dying 'All but death' wrote Emily Dickinson 'can be adjusted', and yet, the cold fact that bodies must eventually die only serves to hide the reality of death as a contested cultural domain, where competing notions of public and private, tradition and innovation, individual and collective, are played out, and discourses within literature, art, jurisprudence, medicine, religion, and politics all stake their claim to knowledge of the great unknown. This talk will illuminate the social aspects of death Author(s): No creator set

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Howard Davies in Conversation with Lord Goldsmith QC The separation of powers idea is at the heart of all legal democracies. Yet within those democracies there will often be positions of high office which require their holders to perform functions which are both legal and political. In this series of events senior figures who hold or have held positions of this type talk about their lives in the law, the nature of their office, the institutions which they serve, their roles and responsibilities within those institutions, the role of lawyers in govAuthor(s): No creator set

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A Broken Middle East: a wasted decade of war on terror Today's Middle East is broken. The crisis of prolonged authoritarianism and failed economic policies have caused chronic poverty, pervasive corruption and the rise of extremism in Arab societies. A wasted decade of war on terror has reinforced widely held perceptions that the West is waging a crusade against Islam and Muslims. Fawaz Gerges is a professor of Middle Eastern politics and international relations at LSE.Author(s): No creator set

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Living in an era of global terror In this podcast, Professor Richard Aldrich from the School of Politics and International Relations, discusses the impact of globalisation, the opportunities this affords to global terrorists and the challenges faced by the intelligence services. Globalisation has led to a free flow of money, people and ideas, which has benefited many people in the West in recent years and enhanced our standard of living, but the price paid is a reduction in security. As we see a shift towards a de-regulated globAuthor(s): Aldrich Richard Professor

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Disrupting the Single Use Disposable Cup Industry Thanks to a team of researchers led by Vipin Kumar, UW associate professor of mechanical engineering and director of the UW Microcellular Consortium, innovative UW start-up MicroGreen Polymers has secured deals with several airlines to provide in-flight hot beverage cups that are environmentally friendly: cups made from plastic that can be recycled repeatedly.
Kumar's research focuses on microcellular composites, a family of novel cellular materials expected to be used in a variety of applicatAuthor(s): No creator set

iPad Basics Tutorial Video designed for the user to watch on a PC or Mac and follow along with their iPad. Covers the basic functions of the iPad2, how to select apps, scroll through screens, zoom and shrink, drag and flick, plus the four most commonly used apps, Settings, Mail, Calendar, and App Store. Work at your own pace and become familiar with the basic functions.Author(s): No creator set

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Middle School Florida All-State Major Scales -- Xylophone http://www.youtube.com/user/StPetersburgCollege
John Shaw of the Florida Orchestra gives tips and demonstration for Florida All-State Ensemble Audition preparation.
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What About Women? Women’s votes will determine the result of this closely fought election and all the parties have mounted a media charm offensive to win their support. But is there any policy substance behind their spin? What would the parties' policies in key areas such as the economy, the family, crime and reforming politics mean for women’s lives and which party would best progress women’s equality and human rights?Author(s): No creator set

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Politics in 60 seconds. Party whips Professor Philip Cowley defines a polical concept in 60 seconds for those with a spare minute to learn something new. This videocast focuses on the role of the party whips.
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May 2010
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Brand Aid? Development finance and African agriculture (Inaugural Lecture Series) In a global system that seems to be remorselessly concentrating capital into fewer hands, this lecture will examine efforts to move money the other way in order to promote food security, with particular reference to Ethiopia.
In this lecture, Professor James Copestake will highlight the growing business-orientation of aid and explore scope for being more transparent about its impact.Author(s): No creator set

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Workshop 5 - Foundations of Pure Mathematics - Dr Joel Feinstein The fifth workshop in Dr Joel Feinstein's G11FPM Foundations of Pure Mathematics module covers a worksheet based on applications of the Fundamental Theorem of Arithmetic. Counting the number of different positive factors (divisors) of a positive integer. Divisibility. Highest powers of primes dividing a given positive integer. Another way to prove that certain real numbers are irrational..
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Beirut Normal. Is there anything to say about Beirut beyond the obvious, and by now exhausted, lessons of post-war reconstruction and identity politics? What is a "Beirut normal"? Is it worth examining? The lecture puts forward these questions not in order to diminish the city's architectural output but to reveal aspects of the city that have been overwhelmed by the discourses of war and politics. Through a series of specific architectural and urban analyses, the lecture proposes that a certain urbanism couldAuthor(s): No creator set

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Ratio, proportion and percentages From politics to cookery, ratios, proportions and percentages are part of everyday life. This unit is designed to help you become more familiar with how figures can be manipulated, then you can check whether that discount really is as big as they claim!Author(s): The Open University

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Politics of the NHS Part of a lecture series to develop an understanding of the changing composition and dominant characteristics of UK politics in the post-war period.Author(s): No creator set